Game of Thrones Star Pilou Asbk on Becoming a Maniac as Euron GreyjoyWarning This story contains spoilers for the second episode of Game of Thrones seventh season, Stormborn. There are few things more frightening in the Game of Thrones universe right now than Euron Greyjoy, but actor Pilou Asbks unbridled enthusiasm for playing the monstrous character might be one of them. Before he arrived on the Iron Islands in season six, Asbk was already immersed in the world of Westeros. He was a fan of Thrones well before joining the cast, so much so that he ranks watching the Red Wedding as one of his top three most memorable film and television viewing experiences. With those credentials on the table, Asbk takes his role as the shows newest nightmare figure very seriously almost too seriously, based on some of his war stories from shooting the climactic naval battle sequence from this weeks episode, Stormborn. In this interview with The Hollywood Reporter, a very enthusiastic Asbk offers a look into the mind of the man who brings the Pirate King of the Iron Islands to terrifying life what he loves about Euron, the different sides of the character hes trying to highlight, his own brutality while filming this latest action scene, what a wedding between Euron and Cersei Lena Headey might look like, and more. Congratulations, Pilou. Euron Greyjoy is officially terrifying. Big laugh. Thats all thanks to the writers. It always goes back to the writers, if you ask me. K On Game' title='K On Game' />It sounds wannabe humble, but I swear it, honest to god. Im married to a writer. My best friends are writers. I wanted to be a journalist myself. In my opinion, its always the goddamn writers. I wish it was different. I wish it was the actors But its not. It comes from those sick brains in L. A., all of it. 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When you get a chance to read the whole storyline, you start to have an idea What am I a part of I knew I was a part of Game of Thrones. Ive seen all the episodes. K On Game' title='K On Game' />I was a massive fan for five seasons. I havent seen seasons six and seven though, because now I know all of the tricks, and I want to see it when its all done, and I dont want to have to sit there and wonder, Why did you do that Its still a positive experience. For me, I knew that in the second episode, he was going to be brutal. Ask.Fm Tracker V2.1. Hes going to kill the Sand Snakes with their own weapons. So lets make him charming in episode one. Lets make him fun. Ive called him a douchebag, and he is, but I love the guy. Patch Fr Sims 3 Complete Edition. I think hes funny. Whenever you create a character thats based on the books and based on author George R. R. Martins ideas, with all respect to the Euron Greyjoy of the books, you have to do something else. Its very difficult to do an adaptation of peoples imagination. I can never satisfy all the readers of Martins books. I can never create a 1. But I can do the best I can and show as many different sides of this character as possible. And thats what I wanted to do in season seven. There are definitely differences between the Euron of the books and the Euron of the show, but heres one common bond They are both nightmare made flesh. These are the people who haunt you in your dreams. But hes human, too. And thats the interesting part of my job. In Game of Thrones, there have been some iconic villains Joffrey Jack Gleeson, Ramsay Iwan Rheon, just to name a few. They have been so iconic. They have been the definition of evil. I love how they created those characters. I cant do the same thing. I have to do something else. I wanted to create a guy who is going to invite you out for a drink, sleep with your wife and slap you afterwards. And maybe not even slap you He would probably just kill you. Laughs. He wouldnt even blink. He wouldnt even flinch. Its in his DNA. Its his nature. Euron comes sailing into this battle, ax in hand, which is a nod to another Greyjoy brother from the books, Victarion. For you, what makes the ax an appropriate weapon for your vision of Euron All the good warlords charge in first when they go into a battle. They have to inspire. They have to illustrate more fear than anyone else. Whats more brutal than an ax I loved that it was his preferred weapon. We trained that battle for weeks. It took two weeks training with Rowley Irlam, the stunt coordinator. We would rehearse with stuntman Vladimir Furdik, who also plays the Night King, who I killed on the boat as well. Oh, so you killed the Night King Mission accomplished, then You saved Westeros Exactly Laughs. Thats the other side of stunts You get killed a lot of times in the same episode. Heres a funny story I havent told anyone else. We were shooting for four, five or six days, and I was so into it, because it was so much fun. I come from Denmark. We dont do this kind of thing. We dont have this kind of scale. We dont have these budgets. We dont have so many extras and stunt people and boats and ships and green screen. We dont have this shit So I was like, Fuck it, man. Im going Euron on these guys when were shooting. And I was swinging my ax to the left and to the right like a fucking maniac, so much so that they had to come up to me after the takes and say Dude, chill out. Youre going to break our ribs. Laughs. But thats because it was fun That manic energy were seeing in Euron in that scene, then, was pretty authentic to what you were feeling Yeah. I was feeling it. Sometimes you have to act, and sometimes you just have to be. The scene culminates in a hostage standoff between the three Greyjoys, which yields three very distinct responses Theons Alfie Allen fearful escape, Yaras Gemma Whelan disappointment and anger, and Eurons disturbing howls of laughter. What do you remember about being in the thick of that moment Oh, man. Watching Gemma and Alfie in that scene. Gemma and Alfie were the only actors I really worked with, up until Lena and Nikolaj Coster Waldau, of course. And I wont say other names, because Im not that much of a rookie and Im not giving up any spoilers. Laughs. But watching Gemma and Alfie in that scene It was just beautiful. Gemma holds back that anger and frustration in her eyes, and it was so incredible. I love working with those two. When we were doing the scene, I felt like something was missing. I went up to director Mark Mylod and said, What if I kiss Yara Or what if I licked the blood off of her face And he was like, Ah, Pilou, thats pushing it. Laughs. But Alfie was jumping overboard, and I needed to do something totally disturbing. So we did a version of the scene where I kissed her, and it didnt work. We tried a version where I licked her face after he jumps overboard, and I said something stupid, and it didnt work. So then I went This set up might be the only time in my entire career where I can pull off the most sick laughter in a film Im ever, ever, ever going to be able to do. It would tell the same story as a kiss or a lick. Install Mdac Windows 10. It would sell the humiliation of her and the humiliation of Theon. So thats how I came up with the high pitched laughter. Euron proposed to Cersei in the premiere. Lets assume she accepts the proposal now that hes delivered on his promise of a gift. What does a Euron Greyjoy wedding even look likeHmm. Pauses. A thousand white doves, horses, candles and a lot of blood.